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WILLIAM HENRY SCOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – March 3, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Scott, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 79
- BRADLEY THOMAS MACEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- STEPHEN BRIAN MURRAYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS OLSENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL AGUILERAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 76
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.